Child Welfare Information Gateway
Service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services. Comprehensive national resource for professionals seeking information on the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect and related child welfare issues. Includes databases of documents and organizations, as well as extensive links.

Gender-Based Violence Bibliography
Searchable database containing training tools, manuals, and other literature designed for staff who work with refugees and internally displaced populations in post-conflict settings, from the Reproductive Health for Refugees Consortium.

VAWnet Library
Online resource for advocates working to end domestic violence, sexual assault, and other violence in the lives of women and their children. Supported by a grant from the National Center on Injury Prevention and Control, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Women Watch
United Nations Internet gateway on the advancement and empowerment of women. Includes statistical databases; links to UN agencies and intergovernmental bodies; international instruments regarding women's rights; and section on Beijing +5 in French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, and Chinese.

Battered Women's Support Services
Vancouver-based organization that provides education, advocacy, and support services to assist battered women. Some publications available in Vietnamese, Punjabi, Spanish, Chinese, French, and Farsi. Site also includes Aboriginal Women's Action Network.

EMERGE
Massachusetts-based organization that challenges men to take responsibility for stopping male violence. Includes numerous links.

Maitri
Based in the San Francisco Bay Area; helps South Asian women facing domestic violence, emotional abuse, or family conflict. Provides peer support and referrals to legal assistance, emergency shelters, and counselors.

Manavi
New Jersey-based, South Asia-focused organization that seeks to increase awareness of women's rights and encourage social change to end all forms of violence against them.

Narika
Based in Berkeley, CA; provides advocacy, support, information, and referrals to women who trace their origins to Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and diasporic communities such as Fiji and the Caribbean.

The Rape Crisis Center
NGO based in Cape Town, South Africa, undertaking counseling, training, public education, research, and advocacy.

Safe Horizon
New York City-based agency serving victims of domestic violence, incest, rape, sexual assault, stalking, and other crimes. With national and local links.

SAFELINE
Voluntary association based in the UK to address child sexual abuse. Includes hotline and networks of other services.

SpeakOut
South African web site founded by Charlene Smith; includes information on legal services, medical care, and postexposure prophylaxis.

Women'sNet: Preventing Violence Against Women
Consortium of South African organizations that provides women who are in crisis with practical information on how to get help and that offers a networking forum for activists, researchers and policymakers working to prevent violence against women.

Women's Aid Federation of England
National charity for women and children experiencing physical, sexual, or emotional abuse in their homes. Includes local refuge telephone numbers and research findings.

Women's Court: The Permanent Arab Court To Resist Violence Against Women
Based in Beirut; aims to transfer violence against women from a personal issue to a public concern; raise and evaluate awareness on the phenomenon of violence, its causes and different manifestations; exert pressure on Arab governments and NGOs to take measures to protect and support women victims of violence; and offer direct help and support to women subjected to any form of violence.

Other Links

Coalition against Trafficking in Women NGO based at the University of Rhode Island, with partners in various countries. Promotes the right of all women to be free from sexual exploitation, including prostitution, sex tourism, and bride trafficking. Some resources on site available in French, Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese.

ECPAT International Thai NGO that works toward the elimination of child prostitution, child pornography, and the trafficking of children for sexual purposes.

Equality Now International human rights organization dedicated to action for the civil, political, economic, and social rights of girls and women. Campaigns to end female genital mutilation and rape. In English, French, Spanish, and Arabic.

Gender and HIV/AIDS
A comprehensive web portal on the gender dimensions of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, including violence against women. A collaboration between UNIFEM and UNAIDS.

Human Rights Watch Women's rights section includes publications on sexual violence, trafficking of women and girls, and rape as a weapon of war. There is a separate section on domestic violence. Section on prisoners includes publications on prison rape.

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence Builds coalitions, supports community programs, and undertakes public education, and policy and legislative initiatives. Serves as information and referral center for the general public, media, battered women, and member organizations.

The Sexual Violence Research Initiative
A WHO initiative which aims to build an experienced and committed network of researchers, policymakers, service-providers, activists, and donors to ensure that the many aspects of sexual violence are addressed from the perspective of different disciplines and cultures.

Stop Prisoner Rape Seeks to end sexual violence committed against men, women, and youth in all forms of detention. Includes several publications.

Women Against Violence Europe (WAVE) European network of NGOs working to combat violence against women and children. Includes publications and database (see "advanced search") searchable by organization or topic, best practice models, newletter (in English and French), and links.